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More insider guides for planning a trip to Amsterdam

From an apothecary shop-turned diner, to a double-Michelin restaurant with high-rise views, and the city's tastiest canalside sandwich joint, Telegraph Travel destination expert, Rodney Bolt, shares his top recommendations for a tasty time out in Amsterdam.

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Enter down a corridor past a long open kitchen, where a buzzing battery of chefs produces some of the most inventive new-Dutch cuisine in town (succulent lobster coupled with beetroot, then given another turn with bittersweet preserved lemon), in four-bite portions. Sharing five or six dishes in haute-tapas style is the way to do it. Italian charcuterie is a speciality, and the Dutch gourmet sausages are an adventure (lavender...